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The boys of Barry Island, Wales, spend summer days seaside, anticipating exhilarating plunges into cold coastal waters. Bordering England for more than 150 miles (241 kilometers), Wales shares a long history with its neighbor. Despite its shared past, the country still embraces a unique culture of its own.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Wales: Finding its Voice," June 2001, National Geographic magazine)